Reading over some of the specifications - I really like this approach - I think this is probably the closest I have seen to a truly distributed approach to IM at the protocol layer.
If anyone would like to try the chat interface my address is ricochet:qn6uo4cmsrfv4kzq
What is compromised is the disconnect from a real persona. There are times where you would like everyone to know they are talking to you, but no one to know who you are talking to, or what is being said. It's like publicly listing a pubkey that is linked to your real identity. You want people to have confidence in who they are talking to, sometimes. This is a valuable chat client even if you publicly announce an address. I'm likely to set one up myself, and announce it, if I like the platform, but I haven't really read into it yet.
Of course, if the Tor connection is live, and you are doing anything at all illegal on that connection, your endpoint is now linked to your real identity, so you are not quite as protected as you could be. If you're keeping a chat client like this live, you need to be careful how else you use the connection.
frevd|10 years ago
FungalRaincloud|10 years ago
Of course, if the Tor connection is live, and you are doing anything at all illegal on that connection, your endpoint is now linked to your real identity, so you are not quite as protected as you could be. If you're keeping a chat client like this live, you need to be careful how else you use the connection.
mschuster91|10 years ago